[liberationtech] Fwd: [WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages]

[Cristina [efecto99]]

On 14/01/17 10:02, carlo von lynX wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 07:26:29PM -0500, Sebastian Benthall wrote:
>> https://whispersystems.org/blog/there-is-no-whatsapp-backdoor/
>>>> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/13/
> I've also read http://www.golem.de/news/schluesselaustausch-aufregung-um-angebliche-whatsapp-backdoor-1701-125571.html
> and https://tobi.rocks/pdf/whatsappslides.pdf
> and to me it seems like all of the articles are
> technically describing the same procedure.
> The difference is only in the framing.
>
> For Facebook it is a necessity that people not be
> bothered by key changes, for anyone in the libtech
> business it is an alarming signal that MITM is
> technicaly possible by default and users must be
> specifically aware of the issue to avoid it.
>
> But why is anyone even expecting any true privacy
> from an American proprietary product? Have the
> PRISM and MUSCULAR programs suddenly been discontinued?
> Has Freedom Act amended NSLs also for non-Americans?
> How could Facebook afford not to pump everything they
> can get into XKEYSCORE as before? Why did the European
> Supreme Court rule that the US is not a safe harbor
> for EU citizen data? Did I miss any recent developments?
>
> Is it the general strategy to have people debate whether
> there is a backdoor when by law Whatsapp MUST have some
> backdoor?
>

this just can be answer with a : <3 thanks Carlo!

amnesic seems to be the sign of our society, thanks to the ones that
remains coherent.

Cristina (99)


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